T85.120 — Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain electrode (lead)
T85.120 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain electrode (lead). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T85
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T85.120 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How T85.120 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to T85.120.
- Complication›electronic stimulator device›brain›mechanical›displacement
- Complication›electronic stimulator device›brain›mechanical›malposition
Code to one of these instead T85.120
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T85.120ADisplacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain electrode (lead), initial encounter
- T85.120DDisplacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain electrode (lead), subsequent encounter
- T85.120SDisplacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain electrode (lead), sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T85.12. If T85.120 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T85.121Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve electrode (lead)
- T85.122Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of spinal cord electrode (lead)
- T85.123Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator, generator
- T85.128Displacement of other implanted electronic stimulator of nervous system
Questions about T85.120
- Is T85.120 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T85.120 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T85.120 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88).